Smart Acca Picks: Lorient vs PSG Could Provide Plenty of Goals

The first tip on this list comes from France where seventh-placed Lille hosts third in the table Rennes at Stade Pierre Mauroy.

Last time out, Lille were beaten 1-0 away at Lyon following three victories in a row against AS Monaco 4-3, Strasbourg 3-0 and Lens 1-0. At the start of the aforementioned sequence of matches, the 2021 champions of France were beaten 2-1 away at high-flying Lorient.

On the other hand, Rennes’ European commitments have seen them draw 1-1 and 3-3 with AEK Larnaca and Fenerbahce in the Europa League. In terms of domestic form, Rennes have won their last three matches, beating the likes of Lyon 3-2, Angers 2-1 and Montpellier 3-0.

In the Scottish Premiership, Rangers travel to St. Johnstone with Giovanni van Bronckhorst’s men in desperate need of a win to keep tabs with top of the table Celtic.

St. Johnstone will take confidence heading into this clash, having beaten Kilmarnock 1-0 and Hibernian 2-1 in their last two matches, off the back of 1-0, and 2-1 defeats to Livingston, as well as Celtic and Kilmarnock.

Rangers Champions League humiliation was complete in their last match, having been beaten 3-1 by Ajax after a 3-0 loss at Napoli. Van Bronckhorst’s position as manager has come under scrutiny after inconsistent domestic form, following a 1-1 draw with Livingston prior to their 4-1 thrashing of Aberdeen at Ibrox.

Lorient and PSG go head to head in a clash between fourth and first in France’s top flight.

Lorient’s good start looks to be falling apart of late, as in their last three matches they have drawn 0-0 and 2-2 with Reims and Troyes before losing 2-1 at home to Nice. Prior to this sequence of poor results, they had beaten both Brest and Lille by 2-1 scorelines.

All four of PSG’s last five matches have seen the Over 2.5 Goals market land since their 1-0 home win over Marseille, having beaten Ajaccio and Troyes 3-0 and 4-3 in Ligue 1, as well as Maccabi Haifa 7-2 and Juventus 2-1 in the Champions League.

Fourth faces seventh on Sunday in the Belgian Pro League, as Union Saint-Gilloise and Westerlo face off in an intriguing encounter.

Before Union Saint-Gilloise’s 1-0 loss in the Europa League to Bundesliga leaders Union Berlin, they were unbeaten in their last four matches, having beaten RFC Seraing 2-1, as well as both Malmo and Gent by 2-0 scorelines on either side of a 2-2 draw with Club Brugge.

Westerlo’s results have been inconsistent, hence why this could be an exciting game, as they have beaten the likes of Club Brugge and Kortrijk by 2-0 scorelines, whilst also drawing 2-2 with RFC Seraing. As well as this, in their last five matches, they have lost 3-2 and 6-1 to the likes of Sint-Truiden and Genk.

Clermont Foot and Montpellier is our last fixture on this list, with this being a meeting of ninth and 14th in Ligue 1.

The home side’s great start to the season looks to be fading off, as they are now on a three-game run without a win, having drawn 1-1 with both Nantes and Monaco on either side of a 3-1 loss to Brest. Prior to this winless run, Clermont had beaten Auxerre 2-1 and Ajaccio 3-1.

Montpellier’s form is the worst in the division of late, as they have lost all of their last five matches in Ligue 1, having lost 4-2, 2-0 and 1-0 to Toulouse, Monaco and Lens, before being defeated by Lyon 2-1 and Rennes 3-0.